Cubital tunnel denervation syndrome

A survey of problems associated with surgical therapy and postoperative results obtained in nontraumatic and traumatic cubital tunnel denervation syndrome is given in correlation with the preoperative condition of denervation and the extent of surgical intervention. The author has arrived at the conclusion that only operative microsurgical analysis of complicated biomechanics of the ulnar nerve along the cubital tunnel can determine precisely the extent and type of surgery required. The assessment of the degree of preoperative denervation and postoperative reinnervation was uniform according to the author's own criteria of sensory and motor functions of the ulnar nerve. Clinical features of the patients operated on was supplemented by preoperative and postoperative electrodiagnostic examinations. The results obtained are highly satisfactory and confirm that indication and choice of correct method of surgical intervention were justified.